Rapper Quotes

The rappers have gone in and created a lot of hit music based upon my influence. And theyll tell you if you ask.

I never really told anybody that I'm a rapper. I wasn't walking around being like, "Yo, check out my mixtape!" It was more of a secret grind.

I was never actually signed to the label; I was just the annoying rapper that was always around at the studio sessions.

I hate doing features because rappers take forever to get you their verses.

As a kid, I loved storytelling, and I liked the way rappers would paint pictures.

When I write, I don't really focus on duets or anything like that, or whether I'm going to feature this or that rapper. I just focus on just making a great song and figure out the rest later.

I believe that being a successful rapper is probably attainable.

I'm a producer/rapper so I feel like I can do anything. I can do all kinds of music. I've done all kinds of music and I'm good at it.

Most rappers taste level ain't at my waist level. Turn up the bass 'til it's up in your face level.

I'm my favorite rapper.

I don't accept the term 'political rapper' because I don't give a damn about either political party. I give a damn about the people.

I think I write more outspoken than the average rapper.

I'm not just a rapper. I'm an entertainer. That's the difference.

I really love when people come up to me on the street and say, 'You're my favorite rapper.'

I would say Lil Wayne [is the best rapper]. He's all about hard work and consistency.

By the time it came to the 90s, the late 90s, being a businessman was the beacon to uphold. We've been having the concept of the best rapper equals the best businessman.

There has been an effect of business rap on the output of today's rap music. But I don't think that's the modern day rapper's fault.

I'm not more or less conscious than any other rapper out there.

I'm a singer who thinks like a rapper.

I make soul music for hip-hop heads. It's music I'd want to sample if I were a rapper.

..And the same rapper who revels in a woman's finely proportioned behind may also speak against racism and on behalf of the poor, even as he encourages them not to look at hip-hop as their salvation.

Being a good rapper is hard to do. I'm a good Rapaport, but that's about it.

I think more people want to be rappers than anything else.

These broke rappers always rappin bout a pink truck. I'm only happy when I'm hoppin out the Brinks truck.

You can't run game on a rapper. I'm always 10 steps ahead of you.

When will rappers & skanks realize God's not the only one who gets to judge them on their actions? We do too. It's called CONSEQUENCES.

Like I have to pretend like I'm a male rapper, that I got stacks and we're in the club, and what do I want to say. And then, when writing Rare I could just be PJ.

People in the record business would say, Well, Pras, you know, you haven't been out in a while, maybe you should get today's hottest producer or rapper to do something.

I never pictured myself as just a rapper; I always wanted to act and do whatever else I could do. I always felt like I could do a lot of different things.

I want to see 10 female rappers getting regular rotation. It can't be all about a man's opinion.

Rappers are in danger Who will use wits to be a remainder?

I secretly want to be a rapper.

If anybody can make a change it's the rappers.

Rappers are separated.

Sometimes I feel I'm the luckiest rapper in the world.

When I was young what made me really want to be a rapper was when I saw MC Lyte.

Everyone wants to label me, but I don't want to be labeled as a rapper or a movie actor.

I quite liked Sharkey and George and then there was a cartoon with rapper MC Hammer in it - Hammertime - I loved that cartoon, it was genius! They don't make cartoons like that anymore.

Over the years, a lot of rappers - Lil' Wayne, Ice Cube - have used my name in their songs. I'm a real touchstone of history.

It is crucial that rappers have the chance to express the truth that is in their heart.

I think as time goes on that generation of rappers who's making it now is gonna face the same thing that my generation was facing, which is the decrease of sales. The decrease of hard-copies.

If there's no deals being made rappers, what happens to the lawyers. They've got to close their firms, they can't make no money. How can they make money from the client now? Litigation!

I was so obsessed with 2Pac. He was one of the first rappers I heard. "Dear Mama" was one of the first tracks I ever memorized.

I think every rapper should know how to sing, like a little bit. I mean common man it'll make your rapping better straight up.

A couple years ago it was really hard for me to sing, because there's so much pressure in hip-hop to be a certain way. My biggest thing right now is doing me, because I'm not like other rappers.

I'm gonna be real - there's no female rappers in the game.

I'm not really interested in anybody, that's why I started rapping. I'm still a fan of Tupac. That's the only rapper that I'm still like, "Oh! Tupac!"

Being called a conscious rapper is quite a compliment. It's a great thing to be. But as an artist, my nature is to not be in a box.

Just because someone has great content doesn't mean you like them as a rapper.

When I got a little older I was obsessed Lil Wayne. But then it was just as many British rappers - Dizzee Rascal I would always listen to.